You can access Firefox’s configuration menus, options, and hidden features via “chrome://” URLs. If you’re the curious sort, you might be wondering why it’s not “firefox://” instead. Read on as we dig in.

您可以通过“ chrome：//” URL访问Firefox的配置菜单，选项和隐藏功能。 如果您是一个好奇的人，您可能想知道为什么它不是“ firefox：//”。 继续阅读时，请继续阅读。

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

今天的“问答”环节由SuperUser提供，它是Stack Exchange的一个分支，该社区是由社区驱动的Q＆A网站分组。

问题 (The Question)

SuperUser reader ChocoDeveloper really wants to know what the deal is with Firefox and the “chrome://” schema:

超级用户读者ChocoDeveloper确实想知道与Firefox和“ chrome：//”模式的交易是什么：

Why does Firefox use the “chrome://” protocol / schema in URLs?

Firefox为什么在URL中使用“ chrome：//”协议/架构？

When I want to configure an addon, for example Ghostery, the tab shows a URL like this one:

当我要配置插件(例如Ghostery)时，该选项卡显示如下URL：

chrome://ghostery/content/options.html

chrome://ghostery/content/options.html

What does it mean? Does it have something to do with the Chrome browser?

这是什么意思？ 它与Chrome浏览器有关吗？

It is a rather curious designation, no? It’s almost like finding out that the secret configuration menu on your new Ford truck has the password “Honda”. What’s the story?

这是一个很奇怪的名称，不是吗？ 这几乎就像发现新福特卡车的秘密配置菜单上的密码是“本田”一样。 来龙去脉是什么？

答案 (The Answer)

SuperUser contributor Mark Henderson clears things right up:

超级用户贡献者马克·亨德森(Mark Henderson)清除了所有问题：

The phrase chrome has been used by Mozilla since long before Google Chrome came on the market. Typically the phrase “Chrome” referred to all the area around your viewport, but not the viewport itself. Sort of like the chrome plating some cars have around their windscreens or headlights.

早在Google Chrome投放市场之前，Mozilla就一直使用chrome这个词。 通常，“ Chrome”一词是指视口周围的所有区域，而不是视口本身。 类似于某些汽车的挡风玻璃或大灯周围的镀Chrome层。

See here for more details – but no; nothing to do with Google Chrome.

有关更多详细信息，请参见此处 -否； 与Google Chrome无关。

Another contributor, Konrad Rudolph offers further insight into the naming of Chrome:

另一个贡献者Konrad Rudolph进一步深入了解了Chrome的命名：

Actually a lot to do with Google Chrome: Google Chrome is explicitly named after the user interface chrome of a browser. In their very first marketing video (or was it the comic?) they explain something along the lines of focusing on reducing the chrome and focus on the content instead.

实际上与Google Chrome有很多关系：Google Chrome是用浏览器的用户界面镶边明确命名的。 在他们的第一个营销视频(或者是漫画吗？)中，他们按照着重于减少镀Chrome而着重于内容的方式进行了解释。

So Chrome is both the term for the adornments and GUI surrounding the browsing pane as well as the name of a browser that eschews all of it for a cleaner browsing experience.

因此，Chrome既是围绕浏览窗格的装饰和GUI的术语，又是为了获得更整洁的浏览体验而避开所有浏览器的浏览器的名称。

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翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/149271/why-does-firefox-use-the-chrome-protocol-in-internal-schemas/